 She won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall's production of "Pygmalion" at the Theatre Royal, Bath, which toured the UK and transferred to The Old Vic in 2008, and for the same production was nominated Best Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards 2008.In 2010, she played Ophelia in "Hamlet" at the Crucible Theatre alongside John Simm.Dockery made her television debut as Betty in "Fingersmith" in 2005.